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From: pete@umcp-cs.UUCP (Pete Cottrell)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Ueberroth's Folly
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Date: Sat, 18-May-85 20:21:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 18 20:21:00 1985
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 Well, I've been quiet lately because of finals, but I thought
that there would surely be some discussion of Ueberroth's drug
scheme by the time I caught up with this newsgroup. But I see
nary a comment, so let me start.
 I think that Ueberroth's plan to test everyone connected with 
baseball (front-office personnel, scouts, minor-leaguers, etc.)
is patently ridiculous and frightening. I can *maybe* understand
someone saying that the players should be tested (they can't be now
because of their contract with the owners), but I draw the line
there. The statements about 'the integrity of baseball' are easily
dismissable when we are dealing with the abridgement of people's
rights. Image of a game or a business should not take precedence
over the rights of the individual (this includes you and me, because
I can see this as a dangerous precendent that is even now creeping
into the private sector). I see this as an issue that transcends
the world of sports and instead becomes a legal, moral and ethical
question. Such a policy presumes a person guilty until he proves
himself innocent and violates the individuals' right to privacy
and protection from unlawful search.
 Boy, this issue really hits home with me. If I hear the argument
"If you don't have anything to hide, why not take the test?" again,
I think I'll scream....
-- 
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